リサーチ・スキルズC-4（2.0 単位）

講義番号

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11147

課程区分

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前期課程

科目区分

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総合工学科目

授業形態

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講義

対象専攻

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全専攻共通

開講時期１

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１年秋学期

開講時期２

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２年秋学期

担当教員

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教養教育推進室教員

本講座の目的およびねらい

This class will provide advanced discussion of complex topics relevant to international academic presentations. In particular, we will look at cultural and aesthetic issues that impact how your presentation will be received. Students are required to become aware of cultural difference and how to best negotiate these differences. Students will explore subtle verbal and visual issues that impact how people receive what they are saying. They will create written documents that help plan for and negotiate cultural differences and presentation issues. To achieve these goals we will use a variety of written, visual, and spoken material to improve presentation skills to enable students to present well in a global context.

バックグラウンドとなる科目

授業内容

1. Class Introduction
2. Shadowing Effective Presenters
3. Eye Contact: Cultural Differences and Issues
4. What Do We Get from Using Pauses, Tone of Voice, and Volume Changes?
5. Planning the Presentation: Putting It All Together into a Script
6. Presentation 1: Presentations Using Pauses, Tone of Voice, and Volume of Voice Changes
7. Watching and Shadowing Videos of Effective Academic Presenters
8. Some Common and Uncommon Hand Gesture and Body Language Symbolism
9. Planning and Writing a Script for a Presentation Using Hand Gestures and Body Language
10. Presentation 2: Presentations Using Effective Hand Gestures and Body Language
11. The Use and Abuse of Visual and Audio Materials
12. Issues of Interpretation of Audio and Visual Materials Across Cultural and Generational Divides
13. Using Graphic, Cinematic, or Audio Material to Emphasize Information.
14. Planning Correct Placement of These Elements Into a Script and PowerPoint Slides
15. Presentation3: Using Effective Visual and Audio Materials [This schedule and its contents are subject to change]

教科書

The teacher will provide handouts. However, students are encouraged to frequently watch videos of professors from their discipline doing serious academic presentations. These are available on YouTube. The University of California has a channel with many academic videos that may be watched for free.

参考書

評価方法と基準

The grading is based on the following elements: Presentation 1 (20%); Presentation 2 (20%); Presentation 3 (20%); and active classroom participation (40%). Students are required to attend one Mei-Writing writing tutorial with the teacher per semester. (The scheduling for this is flexible.) Grades for presentations include all skills learned in the previous presentation (i.e. the grade for presentation 2 will include elements from presentation 1). Students who miss more than 5 classes will automatically be assigned an F.